Twelve non-dinosaur rulers show Earth’s old power: armored fish, giant insects, sky titans, sea kings, and saber teeth across ...

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

The specimen was found at Mazon Creek fossil beds, a site known for its beautifully preserved animals and plants.

Have you ever seen animals today, like certain birds or reptiles, that sort of look... prehistoric? It turns out that once ...

Learn more about ancient giant kangaroos and the previous research claiming they were too heavy to hop. A new study finds ...

Sheep may have played a major role in a prehistoric plague outbreak. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 11, 2025 11:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

More than 66 million years ago, Mexico was home to numerous species of dinosaurs, some of them as terrifying as T. rex.

The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, reaching lengths of nearly 100 feet and weighing more than 300,000 pounds. With its sheer size and strength, it has no natural predators ...

The discovery of a prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone in southern England is rewriting what we thought we knew about ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...